Long known as the classic work on the study of Atlantis, the author puts forth the idea that this was the true place where civilization began.This one book has done more than any other in promoting the idea for the lost continent of Atlantis.

Originally published in 1882, this early work by politician Ignatius Donnelly is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. Inspired by the writings of Plato, it details the history and technology of this lost land and is a fascinating read for anyone interested in the theory that ancient civilisations are descended from the peoples of Atlantis. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

I bring forth throughout the chapters of this book the story of the reign of the Dragon Lords and enslavement of the pre-Adamic peoples as connected to the legendary Atlantean myths of the antediluvian world. I explain how the creation of the heavens and the earth as a 'perfect work', and man initially to be not vain but inhabited according to Isaiah 45:18, ended up being destroyed by the rebellion of the angels and war which initially fought in the heavens, resulted in the earth becoming a deserted wasteland and an indistinguishable ruin. Examining in very thorough manner the Genesis 1:2 phrase 'and the earth was without form and void', I expound upon how this verse in the Hebrew, eretz hayyah tohuw wa bohuw, implies that a previous earth and age existed in our distant past before the earth was reformed, reestablish, and restored in habitation. Peter describes how the world that then was perished which in the Greek is the word, ἀπόλλυμι apóllymi, ap-ol'-loo-mee; which means to destroy fully, to put out of the way entirely, abolish, put an end to ruin; render useless, kill, to devote or give over to eternal misery in hell, to perish, be lost, ruined, or annihilated.